Definition of einsteinium in English:
einsteinium
noun ʌɪnˈstʌɪnɪəmaɪnˈstaɪniəm
mass nounThe chemical element of atomic number 99, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Einsteinium does not occur naturally and was discovered in 1953 in debris from the first hydrogen bomb explosion.
Example sentencesExamples
- A tiny sample of einsteinium - 253 was bombarded with alpha particles in the university's 60-inch cyclotron.
- They were named after two of the century's most creative physicists: einsteinium and fermium.
- All isotopes of einsteinium are radioactive, the most stable being einsteinium - 252 with a half life of 20.47 days.
- Atomic number 101 is a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles.
- I don't know how Albert would have felt about this, but the element was named einsteinium, in his honor.
Origin
1950s: from the name of Albert Einstein, Albert + -ium.
Definition of einsteinium in US English:
einsteinium
nounīnˈstīnēəmaɪnˈstaɪniəm
The chemical element of atomic number 99, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Einsteinium does not occur naturally and was discovered in 1953 in debris from the first hydrogen bomb explosion.
Example sentencesExamples
- A tiny sample of einsteinium - 253 was bombarded with alpha particles in the university's 60-inch cyclotron.
- I don't know how Albert would have felt about this, but the element was named einsteinium, in his honor.
- All isotopes of einsteinium are radioactive, the most stable being einsteinium - 252 with a half life of 20.47 days.
- They were named after two of the century's most creative physicists: einsteinium and fermium.
- Atomic number 101 is a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles.
Origin
1950s: from the name of Albert Einstein, Albert + -ium.